Essex: Bocking

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Bocking

Red spot approx location of Bocking.

"BRAINTREE and BOCKING, though distinct parishes, form one continuoous town, extending for a mile on the road between Chelmsford and Halstead , and the rivers Blackwater and Podsbrook, and having a united population in 1861 of 8,186.
BOCKING, on the Pant, Freshwell, Blackwatter river, on which it hhas several corn-mills, forms the northern part of town, consiting principally of one long street. In the time of King Etherlred, the parish belonged to Etherlred and Leofwin, who granted it to St. Saviour''s Prioy, Canterbury; it is now the property of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy.Population in 1861 was 3,555"
[Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1862]

Census

Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1911, which includes most copies held at the ERO, Wharf Rd, Chelmsford. More information on other ways to view these census returns on the Essex census page.

Church History

There is a full Church Index of Essex Churches.

Anglican Churches
- St. Mary the Virgin.
- St. Peter's.
Nonconformist
- Congregational, Names relating to the Bocking End.

Genealogy

Names from a history of Braintree and Bocking

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